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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Gay marriage fight will continue during session
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis Organizations that took the lead in an election fight to ban gay marriage will keep working as Minnesota lawmakers debate the issue, and even debate whether to debate...
Posted on 1/4/13 at 5:37 PM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND N.D. lawmakers show support for fracking
BISMARCKNorth Dakota is going on the defense to protect the states oil industry. A committee of state lawmakers unanimously approved a bill Thursday that declares that hydraulic fracturing is an acce...
Posted on 1/20/11 at 6:11 PM
OUR OPINION: Federal fracking rules strike good balance
Environmentalists say they’re too loose. The energy industry and its supporters say they’re too tight.
May 20, 2013
CHRIS FAULKNER: All benefit at very little cost: That’s fracking 
America is in the midst of an energy renaissance that’s transforming entire communities.
By Chris Faulkner , May 09, 2013
35 arrested during frack sand protest in Winona, Minn.
At least 40 people have been arrested in Winona during a protest of frack sand mining. Protesters gathered at an intersection Monday and then walked to the commercial harbor and a sand processing plant on Winona's west end.
By Associated Press , April 29, 2013
FracFocus site criticized in Harvard report
The website North Dakota and several other states use to monitor hydraulic fracturing has too many flaws to be effective, says a new report from Harvard Law School.
By Amy Dalrymple , April 25, 2013
Illinois deal on fracking could be national model
After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: They sat down together to draft regulations both sides could live with.
By Tammy Webber , March 07, 2013
Fracking becoming popular in Hollywood
Not so long ago, fracking was a technical term little known beyond the energy industry. Now it’s coming to Hollywood, as the fierce battle between environmentalists and oil firms is played out in several forthcoming films.
By Joshua Schneyer and Edward McAllister , December 29, 2012
Wabasha City Council backs frac sand project
A proposed rail shipping hub for sand used by the oil and natural gas industries took a major step forward when the Wabasha City Council rejected a request to commission a study on the environmental risks that the sand and hundreds of trucks a day would bring to the Wabash, Minn.
By Associated Press , December 18, 2012
Wabasha City Council backs frac sand project
A proposed rail shipping hub for frac sand got a boost when the Wabasha City Council rejected a request to study the environmental risks.
By Associated Press , December 18, 2012
Fracking secrets by thousands keep Americans clueless on wells
Texas, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico and North Dakota all require disclosure of chemicals used in fracking, but they leave it up to energy companies to determine what chemicals can be labeled trade secrets.
By Ben Elgin, Benjamin Haas and Phil Kuntz , December 01, 2012
Beckie Stregge, Bismarck, letter: Heitkamp’s being less than frank about her views
Heitkamp accepted campaign contributions from anti-fracking lawyers who live out of state.
Candidates don’t accept money from organizations without some suggestion that they’ll represent the cause.
By Beckie Stregge , October 23, 2012
ND geologist says quake not related to fracking
A North Dakota geologist says an earthquake in the western oil patch is not connected to hydraulic fracturing.
By Associated Press , October 03, 2012
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., column: Bill ensures energy growth, good stewardship
The legislation recognizes that states have a long record of effectively regulating oil and gas development, including hydraulic fracturing, with good environmental stewardship.
And it works with the EPA to make sure that the rules for hydraulic fracturing are certain, effective and fair.
By John Hoeven , October 03, 2012
Hoeven proposes fracking legislation while hosting Alaska senator
North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven announced Tuesday he will introduce this week new hydraulic fracturing legislation that would give states more power to regulate energy development.
By Amy Dalrymple , September 18, 2012
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